🚨 WADE WILSON HAS TWO DEATH SENTENCES — BUT HIS CASE STILL HAS NO FINAL CHAPTER

Two women were killed.

Wade Wilson was convicted of both murders.

A Florida judge sentenced him to death twice.

But more than two years later, the case is still moving through the courts.

And that is where the latest chapter begins.

THE CASE THAT PUT WILSON ON DEATH ROW

The case goes back to October 7, 2019, when Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, were killed in separate incidents in Lee County, Florida.

Prosecutors presented evidence linking Wilson to both deaths.

In June 2024, a Lee County jury convicted him of two counts of first-degree murder.

Two months later, on August 27, 2024, Judge Nicholas Thompson imposed two death sentences.

The jury had recommended death by votes of 9–3 in the Melton case and 10–2 in the Ruiz case.

But the sentence did not end the legal process.

It began another one.

THEN THE CASE MOVED TO FLORIDA’S HIGHEST COURT

Wilson’s mandatory direct appeal was filed with the Florida Supreme Court under case number SC2024-1345.

The court’s official docket currently lists the case as Open.

The appeal concerns seven issues raised in an effort to overturn his death sentences.

One major issue involved Florida’s capital-sentencing system and the use of a non-unanimous jury recommendation in Wilson’s case.

His crimes occurred in 2019, while Florida’s current capital-sentencing framework was enacted later.

That created a constitutional and retroactivity question for the defense.

FEBRUARY 5, 2026

The legal battle reached the Florida Supreme Court for oral arguments on February 5.

But the hearing did not produce a dramatic reversal.

According to the court proceeding, Wilson’s attorney acknowledged that recent Florida Supreme Court decisions had already addressed some of the legal arguments his team intended to make.

Rather than spend the hearing extensively repeating those arguments, the defense preserved issues for possible further review.

The state asked the justices to affirm the lower court’s ruling.

And the case remained open.

THEN CAME ANOTHER CHANGE

On May 7, 2026, the Florida Supreme Court entered an order allowing Wilson’s co-counsel, Laurel Cornell Niles, to withdraw from the case.

The docket does not show that this ended Wilson’s appeal.

Instead, the case remains listed as an active death-penalty appeal.

That distinction matters.

Because social-media posts about Wilson can make it sound as though a major new court decision has already changed his sentence.

The official docket does not show that.

His two death sentences remain in place.

His appeal remains open.

And there is still no execution date listed in the available court record.

WHY IS HIS NAME BACK EVERYWHERE?

The legal case is only part of the renewed attention.

Wilson’s story has continued to appear in true-crime documentaries and streaming coverage, bringing the 2019 murders back into public discussion.

That attention has also focused heavily on Wilson himself — including his appearance, courtroom images and the unusual online following surrounding him.

But viral attention is not the same thing as a new legal development.

There has been no new death sentence in 2026.

The two death sentences were imposed in August 2024.

What is happening now is the continuing legal process surrounding those sentences.

TWO SENTENCES. ONE OPEN APPEAL.

For the families of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz, the case began with two deaths in October 2019.

For Wilson, it resulted in two first-degree murder convictions and two death sentences.

Now, years later, the courtroom battle continues.

The Florida Supreme Court docket still says:

OPEN.

There is no execution countdown on the calendar.

No publicly listed execution date.

No final chapter yet.

And until the remaining legal process is exhausted, the question surrounding Wade Wilson’s death sentences remains unanswered:

• What happens next?